NEXCOM EBC 354 User Manual

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EBC 354 User Manual

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

Advanced

The Advanced menu allows you to configure your system for basic
operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while
others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you
set some features according to your preference.

Setting incorrect field values may cause the system to
malfunction.

Launch LAN1/2 PXE OpROM

Enables or disables the boot option for legacy network devices connected
to LAN1 and LAN2.

CPU Configuration

This section is used to configure the CPU.

Hyper-threading

Disable or Enable hyper-threading technology.

Execute Disable Bit

When this field is set to Disabled, it will force the XD feature flag to always
return to 0. XD can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow
attacks when combined with a supporting OS (Windows Server 2003 SP1,
Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux 9.2, RedHat Enterprise 3 Update 3).